Welcome to Riverwords. This is my blog for my writing, book reviews, journal entries and more.
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Matt lives near Des Moines, Iowa with his wife and two kids. He loves fiction, and spends far too much time playing video games and watching football.
Matt’s favorite authors include Cormac McCarthy, Kurt Vonnegut, Michael Moorcock, George R. R. Martin, Alan Furst, and Gene Wolfe.
Hi Matt
I too am a fan of Alan Furst and I want to talk about him on my blog. Please advise me: I want to include an extract fom one of his books (The world at night), say 150 words or so. Do I have to get someone’s permission to do that, pay royalty fees etc? I’d like to ask him myself but I appear to have technical difficulties in logging onto his site. Would be grateful for your opinion.
Have you read Wolf Hall yet? Everyone in the UK seems to have done, and I’d be interested in what you thought of it.
Regards
John Armstrong
Hello John, my apologies for such a wildly late reply to you. In the chance you see this after several months, I think it’s perfectly fine to excerpt a short passage this way. I’m no lawyer, but I can’t imagine it’s a problem to quote a hundred words or so with attribution to his work.
Hi Matt,
I’m Jett. I really like your site, and you’re linked to a lot on other writing/book blogs. I work for Harper Collins and more specifically InkPop.com. The site just re-launched a week ago and we’re really excited about the new look and new features. HPC editors are still reviewing submitted works in our kick-ass contests, but what’s new is the fresh badge system we have to promote individual profiles.
It’s definitely still a YA/Teen writing site, but we like to think our audience is pretty diverse, and most of all, passionate. I’m writing to you to see if you’d perhaps consider writing a tweet/blurb/mention about the new digs? We care about young writers continuing to write their best work, and HPC is devoted to producing the kind of books its readers want to read most. The editors of the site are super responsive and take all complaints/concerns into consideration. Considering the hodgepodge pack of writing communities available today, InkPop is a much-needed refresher. Writing communities are the best way to get peer revision in the digital age.
Thanks so much for hearing me out. Take care.